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P. & B. READY ROOFING 


PATENTED SEPT, 14th, 1886 


MANUFACTURED ONLY BY 


PARAFFINE PAINT COMPANY 
16 BARTERY STREET 


SAN FRANCISCO 


VE VHE climate of the Pacific Coast is probably more severe on roofs and roofing materials 
than that of any portion of the United States. Shingles warp and curl. Slates grow 
‘A hard and brittle, flake off and blow away. Tin sweats and rapidly rusts out. Corru- 
gated iron expands and contracts with the changes of temperature, till it is useless as a pro- 
tection against the elements. Coal tar runs and clogs the drain pipes and gutters in Summer, 
and cracks and opens up in the cold of Winter. It was to meet and overcome these difficul- 
ties and to furnish a perfect roof that P. & B. Ready Roofing was invented. 


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P. & B. Ready Roofing, as its name indicates, is ready for immediate use, and unlike 
other so-called ready roofings, requires neither skill nor experience to make of it a perfectly 
satisfactory covering for all classes of buildings, from the temporary wooden shed to the per- 
manent brick or stone building. J¢ zs not a Paper Roofing. 


P. & B. Ready Roofing isa strong, closely woven jute canvas, thoroughly saturated 
and coated with P. & B. Compound and lined with heavy manilla paper. The following cut 
shows on an enlarged scale the construction of P. & B. Ready Roofing ; the actual thick- 
ness is one-eighth of an inch. 





FIG, I 


AA, P. & B. patent water aud acid-proof compound, B, thick, closely woven canvas, C, 
manilla lining. 

P. & B. Ready Roofing is ten times stronger than any paper, felt or other ready Roof- 
ing manufactured. It cannot be torn. It is absolutely odorless, a quality which no other 


prepared Roofing possesses, and one which recommends it to all who save rainwater in cis- 
terns for domestic purposes, 


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P. & B. Ready Roofing is fire-resisting, and fire will not run on it. Insurance compa- 
nies assume the same risk on buildings covered with P. & B. Ready Roofing as with tin 
and slate. It cannot be ignited by any sparks or brands of fire falling upon it. 


P. & B. Ready Roofing is not affected injuriously in the least by steam, gases, smoke, 
acids, alkalies, heat or dampness; neither will it scale, sun crack nor run in the intense heat 
of the sun. Extreme cold does not injure it, and snow will not remain on sloping roofs cov- 
ered with P. & B. Ready Roofing. It is a non-conductor, and as such renders a house 
cooler in Summer and warmer in Winter than any other class of Roofing. This latter quality 
has made it invaluable for refrigerating and cold storage warehouses, cars and ships. 


P. & B. Ready Roofing is the most durable and lasting Roofing invented, and requires 
but slight care after being once properly laid. A coat of P. & B. Roof Paint given it about 
every three years will cause the roof to outlast the building on which it is placed. 

For temporary buildings its lightness, compactness and durability commend it to settlers, 
miners, lumbermen, stockmen and others. For asmall sum a strong storm and water-proof 
building can be erected, which, without tearing or breaking, can be used again at a distance. 
The cheapest kind of a foundation and frame work will answer as well as the best, while the 
cost of P. & B. Ready Roofing is about half that of the roughest kind of lumber in many 
sections of the country. 


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_  &. & B, Ready Roofing is adapted for either flat or steep roofs of any design. The lay 
ing of it is so simple that any person can complete from six to ten squares a day, thus making 
a large saving in labor cost; as this ic an important factor in a roof, it should not be overlooked. 








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Fig. 2. Showing P. & B. ReadyRoofing 
laid over old shingle roof. 





P. & B. Ready Roofing is used successfully 
and easily over old and worn-out shingle, tin or 
asphaltum roofs, For roofing large surfaces P. & 
B. Ready Roofing is specially adapted, as it 
does not require a heavy truss system to support it. 

P. & B. Ready Roofing is 33 inches wide, and 
is put up in rolls containing two hundred square 
feet. The weight per hundred square feet is about 
sixty pounds. It can be more cheaply transported 
than any other kind of Roofing, as it is rated 4th 


class by the railroads. 

With each roll of P. & B. Ready Roofing are 
furnished without extra charge sufficient P. & B. 
Paint, No. 3, to cement laps and joints, sufficient 
P. & B. Roof Paint to cover surface, and specially 
made barbed wire roofing nails for properly laying 
amount of roofing contained in roll. 


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SPECIAL 


For the covering of Electric Light and Power Buildings, no Roofing offers such marked 
advantages as P. & B. Ready Roofing. 

It is a perfect non-conductor, and is the ideal of protection. 
weight, in proportion to its covering capacity, no heavy truss system is required for the roof. 
When used on flat roofs it can be walked on without being injured. 





Owing toits lightness in 


The following companies have used it to roof their buildings : 


Edison Light and Power Company, San Francisco (three stations). 
Capital Gas Company, Sacramento. Electric Light and Power Co., San Jose. 
Stockton Gas Co., Stockton. Ontario Electric Light & Power Co., Ontario. 


Redlands Electric Light & Power Co., Redlands. 


NovteE—Ox account of its water-proof and great insulating properties, condutts for carrying electric wires 
through damp places have been made of tt, and found thoroughly effective, 


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1. The roof boards should be of dry and well-seasoned lumber and laid closely. They 
should be tightly fitted around chimneys, skylights, firewalls and other upright surfaces, and 
carefully swept clear of all chips and nails. 


2. Begin at the eaves or gutters and lay Roofing parallel to same, securing the outer or 
lower edge with a wooden cleat or nails. Then lay second sheet of Roofing and lap over first 
sheet at least 114 inches, thoroughly coating between laps with P. & B. Paint, No. 3, and 
nail with I-inch roofing nails every inch and a half in center of laps. Repeat this process 
until the entire roof is covered. Where ends of Roofing require jointing make a three-inch 
joint and double nail. Care should be taken to make proper flashings about chimneys, fire- 
walls, etc., by turning Roofing up about four inches and fastening properly, using a cleat 
when necessary, and a small quantity of P. & B. Paint, No. 3. 


3. Give the entire roof a good coat of P. & B. Roof Paint and sand same before paint 
is set, using clean, dry sand or fine gravel. 


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ROOFING COMPOSITION is 
used in connection with clean 
screened gravel. This Com- 
position is manufactured by 
the PARAFFINE PaINnT Co. 
at its own factory, after most approved formulas. It is composed of pure gums that are known 
to be permanent in nature, impervious to water and acids, and having high resistance to heat. 
















































































































































































Fig. 4. Preparing Flat Roof for Sanding or Graveling 


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It will withstand the greatest atmospheric changes, neither melting under the hottest rays of 
the sun nor cracking in tne extreme cold of Winter. This Composition is applied hot with 
mops or roofing brushes, using about five gallons to the square. The whole surface is then 
covered with a coating of screened gravel, care being taken that the gravel is perfectly 
dry and that it is spread while the Composition is hot. 


SPEGIAL DIREGTIONS 


In order to insure a perfectly tight roof, great care must be given to the flashings and 
jointings to firewalls and gutters and about skylights and chimneys—parts of the roof that 
wear out quickest. 


FIREWALLS. For wooden buildings, satisfactory flashings to firewalls are made by turn- 
ing the Roofing up about four inches and fastening with wooden cleats beveled on the upper 
edge. These cleats should be carefully nailed and liberally coatei with the Roof Paint. For 
brick buildings, it is advisable to build in the counter flashings when the firewalls are raised, 
but where this cannot be done, the best plan is to cut out the mortar between the brick 
courses at a height of from 6 to 8 inches above the roof surface and toa depth of about 3 inches, 
using either a mortar saw or chisel. Then insert counter flashings and cement in same 
with the ordinary mortar used in the construction of the building, or with a cement com- 
posed of a mixture of the Roof Paint and sand. These counter flashings may be either of 
P. & B. Roofing or of metal. 


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Fig. No. 5 shows P. & B. Roofing used for counter flashing. A strip of Roofing is 
inserted in the brick courses and brought down along the wall to the roof surface, where it 


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Fig. No. 6 shows a metal flashing. In this case the metal flashing is built into the wall 
and bent down over the P. & B. Roofing, which is turned up about four inches. Satisfac- 
tory flashings to brick walls have been made without the use of counter flashings by simply 
using beveled wooden cleats and paint. 


In Fig. No. 7 is shown the general method of flashing about chimneys and making joint- 
ings to the body of the roof. 


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Fig. No. 8 illustrates the most success- 
ful method of making water-tight joints 
about sky-lights. Take a strip of Roof- 
ing of sufficient length to go around the 
skylight frame and wide enough to allow 
for a four-inch lap over the roof body and 
to cover top of frame. Cut at the four 





corners of the skylight and bend and fas- 
FIG. 9—Showing Method ot Forming Ridges for Gutters. ten as shown in figure on page II, 


In Fig. No. g is shown a section of a roof which illustrates the method of forming ridges 
and gutters with P. & B. Roofing. It will be noticed that the gutter is made out of a single 
sheet of roofing, which is over-lapped by the sheets forming the roof surface. A sheet of roof- 
ing forms the ridge and over-/aps the sheets on the sloping surfaces, in each case forming a pro- 


tection under which rain cannot be forced by driving winds. 


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OFFIGIHL FIRE TEST 


REPORT FROM PROFESSOR MorTON (Chemist) TO THE NEW YORK BOARD OF FIRE 
UNDERWRITERS. 
STEVEN’S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HOBOKEN, N. J., Sept. 29, 1886. 
New York Board of Fire Underwriters : 

ba a have examined and tested the P. & B. Prepared Roofing of the Paraffine 
Paint Co. 

An intensely hot anthracite coal placed on this material will cause it to burn around the 
coal as long as the coal retains its red heat, but when the coal loses this, as it soon does, the 
surrounding material ceases to burn. I was unable to ignite it with pieces of burning wood. 

As an equivalent or substitute for tar or gravel roofing, therefore, I should regard this 
material as in no respect more exposed to injury by fire, but on the contrary, as being some- 
what more safe because more difficult to 1gnite under all ordinary circumstances. 


Very truly yours, HENRY MORTON. 





NEW YORK BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS, 
Board of Surveyors, Borrel Building, Room 37, 155 Broadway, New York, Oct. 20, 1886. 
The Paraffine Paint Co., 48 Maiden Lane: 
DEAR Sirs: At the last meeting of the Committee, the P. & B. Roofing Material pre- 
sented by your Company was duly considered, and the same will rank the same as tin roofs, 
namely, a charge of five cents. Yours truly, JAMES HARRISON, Manager. 


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CHINESE CAmpP, Tuolumne Co., Cal., June 24, 1890. 

DEAR Si1RS: The following experience that I have had with your P. & B. Roofing will 
speak for itself as to the merit of your article, and I take much pleasure in giving you the 
facts. On June 15th a fire broke out in the building adjoining mine at Chinese Camp. The 
building was totally consumed by the flames, and the flying sparks and cinders were in great 
numbers falling on my roof, covered with your P. & B. Roofing. The effect was to soften 
the material only; the paint came off in flakes, but DID NOT IGNITE NOR BURN. Please 
send me a barrel of your P. & B. Roof Paint. Needless to add that I am highly pleased 
with it. HENRY Morris. 


TEST OF DURABILITY 
(AFTER ONE YEAR) 
Office of the CALIFORNIA CoTrron MILLs Co., East Oakland, Cal., June 8, 1885. 
DEAR Sirs: The P & B. Roofing is covering several of our outhouses, and 
is thoroughly waterproof, and a great saving in weight and expense over other roofings tried 
by us. Yours very truly, THE Ca. CoTToN MILLS Co., perJ. Y. MILLER, Secretary. 





(AFTER TEN YEARS) 
East OAKLAND, Aug. 8, 1895. 
GENTLEMEN: We have been using your Heavy P. & B. Roofing on our out- 
buildings for over ten years, and it has proved itself to be a very durable roofing, giving no 
trouble, thoroughly water-tight, and even better than you represent it to be. Wecan confi- 
dently recommend it as a first-class Roofing. The P. & B. Paints have also given us much 
satisfaction, THE CAL. COTTON MILLS Co., Per J. Y. MILLER, Secretary. 


15 PARAFFINE PAINT Co., 116 BATTERY ST., S. F. 





BUILDINGS COVERED WITH P. & B. READY ROOFING 


Eagle Automatic Can Co., San Francisco 
Stauffer Chemical Works, San Francisco 
Bowers Rubber Co., San Francisco 
Goodyear Rubber Co., San Francisco 

54 Buildings at Mid-Winter Fair 

Sumner Tanning Co., Benicia, Cal. 

McKay Tanning Co., Benicia, Cal. 

Giant Powder Works, Giant, Cal. 

Western Meat Co., South San Francisco 
American Lucol Co’s Works, Stege, Cal. 
North Pac. Coast R.R. Warehouse, Tomales 
North Pac. Coast R.R. Warehouse, Sausalito 
Locke & Lawrence Warehouse, Lodi 
Miller’s Warehouse, Stockton 

Eureka Warehouse, Stockton 

Pacific Tannery, Stockton 

Farmers’ Union Flour Mills, Stockton 
Sutter’s Fort, Sacramento 

Merced Milling Co., Merced 

Crocker Building, Santa Barbara, Cal. 
Nolan, Smith & Bridge Bldg., Los Angeles 
Everett Building, Los Angeles, Cal. 

Baker Iron Works, Los Angeles, Cal. 


Los Angeles Ice & Cold Storage Co,,Los An’s 
Cutting Packing Co., Los Angeles, Cal. 

Los Angeles Medical College, Los Angeles 
Mercy Home Building, Los Angeles, Cal. 
The Chaffee College, Ontario, Cal. 

St. Charles Hotel, San Bernadino, Cal. 
Grimshaw Warehouses, Fullerton, Cal. 
James H. Adams’ Buildings, Pasadena, Cal. 
Ehrenfeld Building Pasadena Cal. 
McGilvray & Torrence Bldg., Pasadena, Cal. 
Sierra Madre Vintage Co. Lamanda, Cal. 
E. J. Baldwin’s Stables, Arcadia, Cal. 

F. L. Dames Building, Long Beach, Cal. 
Chino Valley Beet Sugar Co. Chino, Cal. 
The United Globe Mines, Globe, Arizona 
United Verda Copper Co., Jerome, Arizona 
Detroit Copper Co., Morenci, Arizona 
Lurline Baths, San Francisco, Cal. 

Harris Packing and Provision Co., S. F.,Cal. 
Harris Packing & Provision Co., Rodeo, Cal. 
Crown Paper Mills, Oregon City, Ox 
Anglo-Mexican Mining Co., Sinoloa, Mexico 
£battoirs and Packing Houses, South S. F. 


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P. & B. MANILLA ROOFING 

In order to meet the demand for a very cheap, and at the same time a comparatively dur- 
able roofing, the PARAFFINE PAINT Co. has put on the market P. & B. Manilla Roofing. 
This roofing is manufactured from rope stock and is saturated and coated with P. & B. Com- 
pound. It is light in weight and more durable than any other manilla or rope roofing. It 
is inexpensive to lay and easy to keepin repair. It is water-proof and odorless and contains 
no coal tar, rosin oil or other volatile matter. It is not affected by changes of temperature— 
will not run with heat nor crack with cold. It is acid and alkali proof. It makes a highly 
satisfactory covering for roofs and sides of store houses, poultry houses and other farm build- 
ings, while for miners’ cabins and other buildings in mountainous or desert regions, where 
freights are high and building materials scarce, its lightness in weight, in proportion to its 
covering capacity, makes it exceptionally valuable. It is the only manilla roofing manufac- 
tured on the Pacific Coast. Its cost is about two-thirds that of Eastern manilla roofings. 
It is put up in rolls 36 inches wide, containing 250 and 500 square feet each. The same general di- 
rections for laying P. & B. Ready Roofing apply to P. & B. Manilla Roofing. With each roll of 
250 square feet are supplied one gallon of P. & B. Roof Paint, 2% pounds tin caps and 2! 
pounds barbed roofing nails, being sufficient material to lay and coat the quantity of Roofing 
contained in a roll. With larger rolls proportionate quantities of materials are furnished. 





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P. & B. ROOF PAINT 


YHE durability of a roof depends largely on the Paint used for protecting it from the 
elements. In P. & B. Roof Paint are combined qualities which make it the most 
lasting coating that can be applied to either a metal or wooden surface. It is water- 
proof, acid and alkali proof, penetrates deeply into the pores, and stops all small 
leaks. A piece of unbleached muslin, saturated with Paint and placed over a hole or 
crack, will make it water-tight. All metallic roof Paints are composed of a pigment ground 
in oil, When the oil dries out the dust of the pigment alone remains, leaving no coating on 
the roof to protect it, so that the roof rapidly deteriorates and soon becomes leaky. P. & 
B. Roof Paint contains no pigment, will remain flexible, and never thoroughly dries out. 
It is applied cold with an ordinary brush. One gallon is sufficient to cover from 200 to 250 
square feet of ordinary smooth surface. 

The Paraffine Paint Company also manufactures red and brown roof Paints, which com- 
bine many of the excellent qualities of the P. & B. Roof Paint, and are no dearer than 
the ordinary metallic roof paints. 

EXTRACT FROM LETTER: GIANT POWDER WORKS: 


FLEMING’S POIN’, CAtL,. 
For painting iron roofs I consider P. & B. Paint quite invaluable. 


FRANK ROLLER, Superintendent. 





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P. & B. BUILDING PAPER 












S the only Building Paper manufactured on the Pacific Coast. It is made of rope ma- 
nilla stock, and being thoroughly saturated and coated with P. & B. Compound, is 
7) absolutely water, acid, alkali, gas and vermin proof. Unlike tar and oil Papers, it is 
odorless and will not dry out or rot. Itis the only Building Paper that improves with age. 
A house sheathed with P. & B. Building Paper will be warm in Winter, cool in Summer 
and healthy all the year round. 

Used between floors or in walls it excludes earth and sewer gases, dampness and vermin. 
When placed under metal roofs it prevents the corrosion and sweating of the metal by gases 
generated in the building, and also serves to deaden sound caused by the lifting of the metal. 

It is unequaled for lining cold storage warehouses, refrigerator cars, ice houses and all 
buildings requiring a normal temperature. 


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PRIGE LIST 


P. & B. READY ROOFING 





Put up in rolls 33 inches wide. Each roll-guaranteed to contain sufficient to cover two 
squares of roof surface. 


Light grade (weight 42 lbs. to the square) sufficient to cover 100 square feet of roof 
SUTiACEe SINC UGIDO Paint ANG Nall Shy orn ace Cin gtvs ctr Paez sity ee crna aie ew, ars oe $4.00 


Heavy grade (weight 58 lbs. to the square) sufficient to cover 100 square feet of roof 
Suriaces Ine liding pa lt team Nal lS epee ee Sa, ie cia ate ce ol Mane anaes te es Sines eas $4.50 


P. & B. MANILLA ROOFING 
Put up in rolls 36 inches wide. 
250 Square Feet, With Paint and Nails, $4.00 500 Square Feet, With Paint and Nails, $7.50 


P. & B. BUILDING PAPER 
Put up in rolls 36 inches wide. Each roll guaranteed to contain 1000 square feet. 


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RW Oa Bil Vitec epee Reece ta ctean ened te ora ths 4.50 HOoure Pe] yar cc skeasisoeiecrics bearers 8,00 


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P. & B. ROOF PAINT. (Black) 
In Barrels, 50 cts. Per Gal. 5 Gal. Cans, 60 cts. Per Gal. 1 Gallon Cans, 75 cts. Per Gal. 


P. & B. IDEAL ROOF PAINT. (Red or Brown) 
In Barrels, $1.00 Per Gal. 5 Gal. Cans, $1.10 Per Gal. 1 Gal, Cans, $1,20 Per Gal. 


P. & B. ROOFING FELT 
(Prices on Application) 


P. & B. ROOFING COMPOSITION. In bbls. 
(Prices on Application) 


ROOF BRUSHES 
Threenlkcnotyall Bristles ameter $2.00 Four Knot, all Bristles......... Wie! $2.50 


ROOF MOPS 


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